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Posted on 10/24/2005 6:58:25 PM PDT by jmc1969
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has died, Local 4 has learned.
Parks, 92, reportedly died around 7 p.m. Monday at St. John Hospital on Detroit's east side.
Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 landed her in jail and sparked a bus boycott that is considered the start of the modern civil rights movement. The bus is on display at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn.
Parks, was born on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. She lived in Detroit.
If you were in her shoes, which side would you join up with?
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("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")
("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")
I saw an interview many years ago when Rosa Parks was middle-aged. She said that protesting for civil rights was the last thing on her mind that day on the bus. She said that she had had a long hard day at work and her feet were killing her. So, when the bus driver told her to get up, she just got stubborn and refused.
A pair of "barking dogs" and the rest is history.
oh wow . . . *sniffles*
The US is a better place because of her.
My daughter is going to be sad when she wakes up. This is the one person she has learned about that for whatever reason has really stuck with her and of all the items on display at the Museum the bus is still her favorite.
She moved here in the late 50's. Detroit was fabulous back then.
Kwame says Detriot is better then ever under his regime. Only 300 million in debt.
Godspeed.
May she rest in peace. And may the Lord comfort her family and friends.
I actually had occasion to meet Mrs. Parks a number of years ago, when a company I worked for was trying to make a movie of her life. I even took her to a local hair salon to have her hair done before she spoke at an event, which I attended. :) She was a very quiet, understated person, though she had a fairly tough handler with her, and I suppose she needed someone serving in that role for her. She was just a quiet, self-contained lady, with a dry wit. There was nothing grand or self-aggrandizing about her, nevertheless she changed the world in a very significant way. I feel fortunate to have met her in person.
Rosa Parks was an ordinary woman who had the weight of a troubled nation thrust upon her. She bore the burden with dignity and grace. We all owe her a debt of gratitude.
You're right. Others did. They exploited her for their own agenda. Thats the pity of it all, she never once came out and opposed their destroying her name. Nice what she did. Shame how it turned out.
lol. Amen to that. I've been there.
Question for you. What were the beliefs of those who demanded she sit in the back of the bus, and when she refused they arrested her.
Godspeed, dear sister Rosa. An American hero indeed. Prayers for the family.
She was a true American who stood up for her rights... Sadly, I've been watching the news and I find it hypocritical that many people praising her and her stand are the same people that push to violate our civil right to self and national defense through the 2nd Amendment.
Rosa Parks should be an inspiration to us all...
Mike
I love it when people slice it this thin. Marx wrote a little pamphlet called The Communist Manifesto. So what's the difference? (I'm not a Constitutionalist, I'm a Madisonian.)
Was she Catholic?
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